Too Beautiful to be Useful
美麗無用
2025 ｜美麗無用 Too Beautiful to be Useful｜ WU PIN-YU
Media｜Installation / Video
媒材｜裝置 / 影片
This work is centered around the new product "Hairmet" and tells the story of the anxiety and fear of people who are beautiful, dressed up, and have a feminine appearance. Screw it off with "Hairmet", which helps people to dress themselves not only "beautiful", but also "useful", to cope with more standards and expectations.
此作品以新產品 ”Hairmet” 為中心，去講述一個對於漂亮、打扮、外觀女性化的焦慮與恐懼。藉由 ”Hairmet”，幫助人們在裝扮自己時，不只「漂亮」，更「有用」，去因應更多標準和期待。
主演 main characters @caterina795 @jiang_longfei@shahnumair
舞蹈編排指導 Dance design & guidance @shahnumair
導演 / 劇本 Director & script @artpinyuwu
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Subsequently, I adopted this as a methodology—combining objects that represent two different concepts—as the foundation of a workshop held at the Royal College of Art in the UK. In the workshop, participants were invited to share cultural expectations and hidden rules regarding women. Afterwards, through worksheets, they were encouraged to imagine objects based on 'the self that others expect me to be' and 'the self I aspire to be.' Finally, by merging these conflicting conceptual objects, new artistic works were created.
隨後，我以此為方法論，即將代表兩個不同概念物件結合，作為工作坊的基礎，在英國皇家藝術學院舉辦了一場工作坊。工作坊中邀請大家分享自己文化中，對於女性的期待與隱藏的規則，其後以學習單的方式，邀請大家以"別人期待的我"和"我想成為的我"出發，去進行相關物件的幻想，最後將衝突概念的物件結合，產生新的藝術作品。
In addition, this workshop was organized in collaboration with curator Alice Luo, approaching the topic from the perspective of feminist history and the feminist collections at the Royal College of Art, thereby providing broader dimensions and references for discussion.
此外，此工作坊跟策展人羅雅馨合作，以女權主義發展歷史與英國皇家藝術學院女權主義藏書的角度切入，提供更多討論的面向與參考。
